University Police confiscated materials in Los Alamitos Residence Hall they said were going to be used for manufacturing methamphetamines. “[We believe] these materials and these instruments and this equipment … were there for the specific purpose of manufacturing an illegal substance,” said Stan Skipworth, chief of University Police. One of[Read More…]
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Jazz groups get trophy, money and invite to Monterey Jazz Festival
Cal State Long Beach’s two jazz groups, Concert Jazz Orchestra and Pacific Standard Time (PST), won first place last week at the “Next Generation Jazz Festival,” a Monterey Jazz Festival component, earning them a spot at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September. Both ensembles received a trophy and a $1,000[Read More…]
LGBT Diversity Week for community ‘still in transition’
This year’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Diversity Week kicks off today with a panel on LGBT political issues in an effort to help raise LGBT awareness on campus. Together, the LGBT Resource Center and the Associated Students Inc. secretary of LGBT Affairs, Matthew Bates, have planned panels, events and[Read More…]
SFAC recommends new fee to maintain status quo
The Student Fee Advisory Committee will recommend that President F. King Alexander consider implementing a new campus-wide fee after the committee deliberated over the Beach Legacy Referendum results on Friday. Cal State University guidelines require the SFAC to submit to Alexander a recommended course of action on any proposed campus-wide[Read More…]
Dance team wins division for first time
CSULB’s Dance Team won the USA Collegiate Dance Team Nationals in Anaheim, where the Cheer Team and the Mascot also won first place, in late March. Teams from all over the country attended the competition, and CSULB entered three areas: Cheer Small Co-ed, Mascot and Open Dance Division 1, according[Read More…]
Political Portrait: Raul Preciado
The Daily Forty-Niner will be featuring profiles of ASI presidential candidates Christopher Chavez (Monday), Avis Atkins (Tuesday), Ricardo Linarez (Wednesday) and Raul Preciado (Thursday). The Daily Forty-Niner will also publish an ASI election guide on Monday, April 13. Raul Preciado From his junior year of high school to his junior[Read More…]
Hall of Science construction resumes on CSULB’s tab
Workers have resumed construction on the Hall of Science after a three-month suspension that was a consequence of the state budget stalemate. Over the next six months Cal State Long Beach will completely fund the construction of the Hall of Science, which will cost nearly $2 million a month, through[Read More…]
Energetic student Kate Sue Yi remembered
Kate Sue Yi, a junior Cal State Long Beach nursing student, died tragically last Thursday. She was 20 years old. Auria Zahed, a junior psychology major, said there was never a dull moment with her close friend Yi. “She was always smiling, laughing and being a goofball,” Zahed said. According[Read More…]
ASI introduces steps to go green
Associated Students Inc. President Erin Swetland informed ASI senators at Wednesday’s meeting of plans to end the printing and distribution of class rosters for future semesters. Swetland told the senate that the elimination of paper copies of class rosters is in the efforts of “going green” and was brought up[Read More…]
UAW says strike may be something it has to do
An academic student employee union and the California State University system are looking to the state to resolve their disagreements over whether or not fee waivers will be included in their upcoming contract. Though the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agriculture Implement Workers of America (UAW) 4123 have been working with[Read More…]